The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

Quote by Alice Walker

Topics: Animals Quotes, Mankind Quotes

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are,...

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are,...

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.